fem

See also fém, and femme

English

Noun

fem (plural fems)

1. (colloquial, pejorative) An effeminate or homosexual man.
2. (LGBT slang) The more feminine member of a lesbian relationship.

Anagrams

• EFM
• EMF
• MEF

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin fimum.

Noun

fem m (plural fems)

1. dung

Etymology 2

Verb

fem

1. First-person plural present indicative form of fer.
2. First-person plural present subjunctive form of fer.
3. First-person plural imperative form of fer.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”).

Numeral

fem

1. (cardinal) five

Related terms

• femte

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Elfdalian

Elfdalian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fem

Etymology

From Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic *fimf. Cognate with Swedish fem.

Numeral

fem

1. five

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Lojban

Rafsi

fem

1. rafsi of femti.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Cardinal number

fem

1. (cardinal) five

Related terms

• femte

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) fim
• (Puter, Vallader) füm

Etymology

From Latin fūmus.

Noun

fem m

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) smoke

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• (Swedish)
  • IPA: /fɛm/

  • Audio

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Numeral

fem

1. (cardinal) five

Related terms

femaktare femaktsdrama fembarnsfamilj femcylindrig femdagarsvecka femdraget femdubbel femdubbla femdubbling femdygnsperiod femdygnsprognos femdörrarsbil femetta femfaldig femfemma femfilig femfingerört femfotad femgradig femhundra femhundrade femhundralapp femhundratalet femhundring

femhörning femkamp femkampare femkant femkantig femkort femkrona femkronorsmynt femkronorssedel femling femma femmastad femmil femmilslopp femminutersperiod femmänning femprocentig femroddare femrummare femrums femrumslägenhet femsetare femsetsmatch femsiffrig

femsitsig femsnåret femspaltig femstjärnig femsträngad femstämmig femte femtedel femteklassare femtekolonn femteplats femti femtiden femtio femton femtusen femtusende femtåig femudd femuddig femudding femvåningshus femväxlad femårig

femåring femårsjubileum femårsperiod femårsplan femårsåldern femöring

See also

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

References

• fem in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Volapük

Etymology

From English fermentation.

Noun

fem (plural fems)

1. fermentation

Declension

declension of fem

	singular	plural
nominative	fem	fems
genitive	fema	femas
dative	feme	femes
accusative	femi	femis
predicative	femu	femus
vocative	o fem!	o fems!